October 8, 2010

Dramatic Monologue Presentations.

October 7, 2010

Time to work on Presentations.

October 6, 2010

Dramatic Monologue Oral Presentations

October 5, 2010

Grammar Test: Clauses and Building Sentences

October 4, 2010

Dramatic Monologues due.
Sentence Building Game.

October 1, 2010

Jeopardy Grammar Game: Sentence Structure
Dramatic Monologues due

September 30, 2010

Grammar: Building Sentences p. 143
Dramatic Monologue writing

September 29, 2010

Grammar: Building Sentences p. 142
Dramatic Monologue Assignment

September 28, 2010

Grammar: Building Sentences p. 141
Powerpoint on Characterization

Quiz on Revealing Character Powerpoint

September 27, 2010

Grammar: Building Sentences p. 140
Grammar Work Book Check - Clauses
Test on "Two Kinds"

September 24, 2010

Flag raising
Vark Test
Sentence Practice Assignment

September 23, 2010

Grammar: Building Sentences p. 139

VARK - Test on Multiple Intelligences
Sentence Practice Assignment

September 22, 2010

Grammar: Clauses p. 132 (top half only)

Complete the Motivation - Conflict Chart For "Two Kinds"

Sentence Practice Worksheet

September 21, 2010

Grammar: Clauses p. 128 (top half only)

Continue Reading "Two Kinds"
Homework: Finish reading "Two Kinds"

September 20, 2010

Grammar: Clauses p. 122
Continue reading "Two Kinds"

September 17, 2010

Grammar: Clauses p. 121 (Subordinate Clause Worksheet completed for marks)

Continue reading "Two Kinds"

September 16, 2010

Grammar: Clauses p. 120
Class warm up discussion. Pressure from Parents? How do motives of parents
and the motives of their children conflict? Importance of Chinese culture in the Story.

Begin Reading "Two Kinds"

September 15, 2010

Pop Quiz: Characters and characterization
Grammar: Clauses p. 119

"Two Kinds" Vocabulary Practice Text. p. 98: Students explain word's definition and write an
example sentence that others copy.

September 14, 2010

Powerpoint on character

Complete the Motivation / conflict flow chart on the powerpoint for
Tom Benecke from "Contents of the Dead Man's Pockets"

September 13, 2010

Grammar Review - Parts of a Sentence

Grammar Test: Parts of a Sentence

September 10, 2010

Setting activity: Group creation of a setting and story introductions.

Class sharing of story introductions.

September 9, 2010

Begin Reading "The Pedestrian"

Setting Worksheet: "The Pedestrian"

September 8, 2010

__Grammar__: Parts of a Sentence review for Grammar Test Friday

Review Autobiographical Stories. Discuss Marking Scheme.
Handout:

VocabularyPreview for The Pedestrian

September 7, 2010

University day. No classes.

September 6, 2010

Synthesis Worksheetsdue (10B)

Grammar: Parts of a Sentence p. 52 (Top Half Only)

Introduction to Setting

September 3, 2010

Grammar: Parts of a Sentence p. 51 (Top Half Only)

Finish Synthesis Worksheets

Quiz on the three articles

September 2, 2010

Grammar: Parts of a Sentence p. 50

Team reading and notes on "Diary of a Mad Blender" and "The Child's View of Working Parents"

September 1, 2010

Grammar: Parts of a Sentence p. 49
Team reading and notes on "Double Daddy"

August 31, 2010

Autobiographical Narratives due.
Introduction to Synthesizing Ideas. Class notes.

Pre-discussion Questions

August 30, 2010

Review for test.
Test on Plot, Sequence, and "The Contents of the Dead Man's Pockets"

August 27, 2010

Writing Workshop Continued
Individual Writing of Autobiographical Narrative Story in class.
Peer Proofreading
Drafts date stamped in class by the teacher
Due Tuesday Aug. 31st - Autobiographical Narrative Story
You must hand in 3 things:
1. Prewriting notes (stamped in class)
2. Rough Draft (stamped in class)
3. Final Good Copy (can be typed, but this is not required)
Homework:
(not for marks)

August 26, 2010

Grammar: Parts of a Sentence p. 47
Writing Workshop:
Group Brainstorming of ideas and prewriting for an Autobiographical Narrative.

Note: All prewriting notes will be marked and need to be handed in with the finished story.

August 25, 2010

Grammar: Parts of a Sentence p. 46
Review of Plot and Sequence

Create a For "The Contents of the Dead Man's Pocket" Due Friday Aug. 26

August 24, 2010

Grammar: Parts of a Sentence. p. 45
Finish reading story
Discussion of Plot, Climax of story, Internal and External Conflict
__**Story Maps**__ "Dead Man's Pocket" Due Wednesday Aug. 25

August 23, 2010

Grammar: Compound Subjects and Verbs p. 40
Cause and Effect Flowchart - Done in Pairs
Continue Reading Story.
Homework: Read story up to the top of p. 15.

August 20, 2010

Grammar: Parts of a Sentence p. 37
Continue Reading: "Dead Man's Pocket" to p. 10

August 19, 2010

Grammar: Parts of a Sentence p. 35
Class Discussion: Making predicitons about the story

__Vocabulary__ Practice - Dead Man's Pocket
Begin reading Story:

August 18, 2010

__Grammar:__ Parts of a Sentence p. 31-32
Book Preview
Literary Terms: Time and sequence. Stories in Real Time.
Assignment: Cause and effect Practice. (Due Friday Aug. 20)

August 17, 2010

Entry-Level Diagnostic Test

Aug. 13, 2010

Personal mini-posters.
Students create a poster with drawings and information about themselves to decorate the class.

This assignment is due Wednesday, Aug. 18

Aug. 12, 2010

Writing Diagnostic. Cross grade Essay

Aug. 11, 2010

Activities:
Class Rules / Discipline procedure
Folders / Write Names
Introduction Quiz
Students create own quizzes (for sharing if time)
Assessments:
Student Quizzes